The man escaped from the Bexar County Adult Detention Center after he was arrested two day earlier, officials said.

Published 5:37 pm, Wednesday, November 18, 2009

A man who escaped from the Bexar County Jail on Wednesday afternoon was located near his home almost two hours later on the city's East Side, authorities said.

It wasn't immediately known how Francisco Govea Tristan was able to walk out of the facility, but Bexar County officials are investigating how he escaped from custody, Bexar County Sheriff's Office spokesman Ino Badillo said. Officials said the 34-year-old was booked into the detention facility around 1:30 p.m. and was wearing a leg iron when he escaped.

"Once we find out how it occurred, we need to re-evaluate and make a correction," Badillo said. "Anytime something like this happens, we need to re-evaluate the system."

Officers found Tristan around 4:15 p.m. at a vacant house near his parents' home in the 600 block of Carson Street. When officers spotted him, he gave them a false name and then ran from authorities. The suspect put up a fight but officers were able to apprehend him at the scene, officials said. Before the inmate was found, he was able to undo one of the leg constraints, they said.

Tristan was arrested Monday evening and charged with aggravated robbery, theft of a person and attempting to take a weapon from a peace officer. His bail totaled $90,000. Police said Tristan was apprehended when a customer at the King's Palace restaurant on Broadway held him until authorities arrived.

He was accused of robbing a convenience store Monday evening in the 100 bock of East Mulberry Avenue. Store employees locked him in, but he broke a window and escaped. He then got into an altercation with detectives in the parking lot and attempted to take one of their weapons, officers said. A shot was fired, but no one was hit.

After Wednesday's attempt, Tristan now could face charges of escape, evading arrest and failure to identify to a peace officer.

"We will make any changes necessary to make sure this won't happen again," Badillo said.